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Mingye Li (李明烨)

2×2 · top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017LIMI05

Mingye Li (李明烨) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Xiamen Open 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 389th in China. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2017, he has put 197 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.92 in July 2017 to 1.70, a 71% improvement. Mingye has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.70
signature single · Xiamen Open 2019
197
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×21.703.94
top 3.1%389 / 15,796
Pyraminx3.385.69
top 5.0%597 / 10,224
3×311.3414.95
top 11.6%4,554 / 28,153
Skewb6.589.60
top 30.3%1,864 / 5,004

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Quanzhou Open 2017: 5.92China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 3.92Xiamen Autumn 2017: 3.55TKK Open 2017: 3.98Zhangzhou Open 2018: 3.28Xiamen Open 2018: 2.41Xiamen Open 2019: 1.70Xiamen Autumn 2019: 2.64Xiamen Winter 2019: 2.671.705.922 Jul 20171 Dec 2019

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.